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It's true.  Sometimes ya gotta changes things up :) This time it's a different Maui beach. For the Chernenko's beach portrait, we chose Baldwin Beach. Rather than stating the obvious, here are a few things the people don't tend to think about when choosing a location for photos. Access: Make sure there is good access and parking.  Ya it's not the "sexiest" part of it, bu there needs to be parking and good walking access (especially if there is a wheelchair involved). Room: Crowded beaches are popular because for many reasons.  But they are still crowded. For family photos,

Picking up where we left off: The two main influences on beach portrait photography are lighting and posing. In part one, we covered lighting. In this part will discuss posing. This can also be broken down into two main areas: Posed and candid. TLDR? Do little bit of both. But let’s start with posed. The word “pose” is sometimes cringeworthy. “It looks so posed.” “What a poser.” “That pose makes me look fat.”   You get the idea. Portraits are cool. And its important to organize your subjects in certain ways.  We’re just gonna refer to that as posing. You

A quick search on beach portrait photography will reveal a seemingly unending number of different styles of photography. Photographer galleries will be all over the place. Today we are going to take some of the confusion out of it all. While everyone has their own “look,” photography styles can be broken down into few key components. The two main categories are lighting and posing. In part one, we will cover lighting. Part two will cover posing. Lighting: Natural Light and Supplemental Light Let’s start with natural light: There’s a meme going around that goes something like this: Saying: “I’m

Sunny / Not Sunny Beach Portraits The title should have been "How To Add Pizazz to Your Natural Light Photos." Or something like that.  But the image has that fun slider feature that shows a "before and after" look. How cool is that? This particular "pose" is carefully setup with the intention of having that candid look.  There's alot to talk about there, but this discussion is really going to focus in on the lighting. The first thing to know is that these images were taken about a minute apart. Same location,

Here are some beach portrait photography tips to help you capture beautiful and memorable images of your subjects at the beach: Choose the right time of day: The best time to take beach portraits on Maui is during the morning - The first few hours after the sun comes up. The soft, warm light at these times can create a beautiful backgrounds as well as great skin tones for portraits. Look for a background that  enhances the overall composition of the photo. This could be a palm trees, lava or just the ocean with an outer island in the

The Guide to Better Beach Portraits February 13, 2013 The Session Some photographers pride themselves on providing an hour or even 90 minutes for a standard portraits session. Most people (especially kids) are tired of smiling and posing after 30 minutes on a Hawaiian beach. I think it is important to allow an hour, but a professional photographer should focus on getting the shots and not on using up an hour. The Session: Hair What about the hair? We get wind in Hawaii, but we work at certain beaches where the wind conditions are minimal. There is almost always

There are 3 things that we all do on the beach in Hawaii.  We stand, walk and sit.    Simple variations on these three themes make the most natural looking   portraits.  Being creative with posing people is a big part of the value of a   photographer.  Though it happens all too often with the average photographer,  you can't just “wing it”.  Most people are not professionals in front of the   camera, so the photographer has to know how to make you look good and how to give   you variety to choose from. Just shooting a bunch of “candids” can